Killarny

Why is it that we can't talk about nuns and priests physically and sexually abusing children without also recognizing the supposed "good" that those clergy members have done? This is exactly what Vincent Nichols, the newly installed archbishop of Westminster said during a television interview recently when confronted about the results of a commission regarding sexual abuse and terrorism perpetrated upon thousands of children by Catholic priests and nuns in the Irish Republic.

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I have heard this term one too many times: pro-abortion; religious people who are Republicans are usually the ones parroting this term the most lately, and I am too fed up with hearing it (and being accused of it) to ignore it any more, so allow me to clear the air a bit here.

As Obama stated during one of the televised debates with McCain, nobody is pro-abortion:

I think that's where we can ...

I am probably safe in saying that nearly every single American reading this post will have had the Pledge of Allegiance burned into their rote memory early enough in their lives that they may not remember ever not knowing it.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands: one Nation under God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all.

Given the general topics ...